Only 2% Know the Real Names of These Things

There are dozens of things we see and use every day but have never actually heard what their official names are. Do you know, for example, what tartle is? Or what are balusters? Or what is vagitus? If you have no idea what any of that means, you’re not alone!

Upgrade your vocab with Bright Side! If you’re looking for a reason to impress your friends, try learning 1 or 2 of these obscure words a day so that you can implement them into your everyday vocabulary. People will think you’re a genius! …Or really weird ?.

TIMESTAMPS:
Tartle 0:39
Balusters 0:52
Vagitus 1:04
Earworm 1:17
Philtrum 1:33
Mondegreen 1:42
Keeper 2:00
Lunule 2:11
Gubbins 2:23
Perlicue 2:41
Phloem bundles 2:52
Pandiculation 3:08
Griffonage 3:21
Bumbershoot 3:34
Ferrule 3:49
Scurryfunge 4:01
Muntins 4:13
Pate 4:39
Aglet 4:47
Armhole 5:03
Nurdle 5:16
Octothorpe 5:26
Borborygm 5:56
Powercycling 6:02
Punt 6:26
Nibbling 6:31
To xertz 6:46
Barm 6:59
Oyster pale 7:10
Zarf 7:28
Petrichor 7:40
Caret 7:58
Tittles 8:15
Interrobang 8:25
Grawlix 8:48
Obelus 9:04
Lemniscate 9:12

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SUMMARY:
– A tartle is used to describe that moment of hesitation before speaking because you can’t remember someone’s name. That can also be classified as “a really awkward moment” but that’s another story!
– That little soft patch of indented skin between your top lip and your nose is your philtrum. Mustaches love to grow here!
– Don’t you love that Jimi Hendrix song? How does it go, “Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!” Huh? It’s “kiss the sky”?!? Oh, how embarrassing! Yeah, I’ve just had a case of mondegreen. Totally misunderstood those lyrics!
– Take a look at your nails. See those curved white tips on the ends of them? That section of your nail is called a lunule. And all you nail biters out there, stop eating your lunules!
– You know those stringy pieces that get in the way while you’re enjoying a perfectly yummy banana? Those are called phloem bundles, and they actually serve as a way to deliver nutrients to the fruit while it’s still growing.
– When you’ve been sitting still for a while or just woke up, you stretch and yawn, causing your muscles to tense up. This is known as pandiculation.
– Doctors are notorious for using griffonage, otherwise known as writing that’s practically impossible to read. Is there a cure for griffonage?
– When you find out company is coming and you frantically clean your house like a crazy person for an hour, this is called scurryfunge! Do you scurryfunge? Let me know down in the comments!
– Can you rub your belly and pat your pate at the same time? Well, aren’t you talented! (The pate is the tippy top of your head in case you didn’t get that.)
– The aglet is that little metal or sometimes plastic piece that holds the tips of shoelaces or drawstrings on a jacket from fraying. And without the aglet, good luck getting your shoestring through the eyelets!
– You use a nurdle every morning and evening. It’s the little dab of toothpaste you squeeze onto your toothbrush!
– Ever turn your computer on and off again because the screen froze? Not only is this super annoying, but it also has a name! The action of turning something off and on again is known as powercycling.
– Next time you get a chance, take a look at the bottom of a bottle of wine. You’ll notice that it’s indented. This large indentation is referred to as the punt, and it serves to provide structural integrity.
– Ever order a cold beer with that perfect bit of foam on top? That foam actually has a name: barm. It occurs naturally thanks to the way beer comes out of the tap.
– Next time you head to the coffee shop, don’t forget to grab a zarf! No, not scarf, ZARF! This is the name of the cardboard sleeve that keeps the heat of the cup from hurting your hand.
– Some questions are also exclamations, like “What were you thinking?!” Well, you always put both a question mark and an exclamation point, right? Get this: back in the ‘60s, a punctuation mark that looked like this (‽) was used to express the same idea. Known as an interrobang, it didn’t become too popular and stopped being used as time went on.
– You know it as “the division sign” in math, but that’s just its nickname. Call it what it is: an obelus!
– Ever wonder what the infinity symbol that looks like a sideways 8 is called? It’s a lemniscate. So, there ya go!